My EVGA dark board has a PS/2 port. According to EVGA it keeps working in cases where digital inputs could fail during overclocking. No clue if that’s true
ChocotoneDeCalabresa
Try switch PS2 keyboards without restarting the computer
vainlisko
Why can’t I press all the keys? Also how is six enough when I’ve got ten fingers
Elihaaaaaa
Why did we even get rid of them?
airforcevet1987
Jokes on you! I can only press one key at a time… Once I find it
hax0rz_
being PS/2 doesn’t give you NKRO and USB keyboards can have NKRO
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(yes I’m a keyboard nerd)
s78dude
don’t forget PS/2 dosen’t have latency unlike on USB because works directly (interrupts) into CPU than via USB controller host, so that’s means if CPU is overloaded, you mouse cursor for example won’t be laggy on PS/2 port than would do via USB, and fast moving USB mouse can generate more CPU usage unlike on PS/2 counterpart
that’s why overclockers even on modern hardware use mouse/keyboard on PS/2 port because works directly into CPU while USB controller host would fail in these case
Hegezilla
Using an IBM Model M and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else. Kinda miss having a Windows key for shortcuts but it’s a price i’m willing to pay
Issues3220
But can you plug PS/2 keyboard when computer is on and use it without restarting the pc?
ladyjinxy
XOC-ers love everything Plug-and-Play
Wooden_Sherbert6884
Even professional players play with wireless mouse. Nobody cares anymore lol
mr-ifuad
Mechanical keyboards 😎
Mr_nightmare-69
I have a PS2 keyboard and still use it on my old PC
hauntedyew
OK I do genuinely remember this.
RRumpleTeazzer
This has nothing to do with PS/2 vs USB. In a matrix layout of the keys, you can’t press all combinations.
Squeaky_Ben
ps2 locked up at 3 simultaneous key presses.
FlippinSnip3r
ps/2 users when they find out what ‘plug and play’ is
imDrane
Why would I want to press more than 6 keys at once?
ptq
DIN anyone?
Colored918
Huh how, i have ps/2 keyboard and whenever i Press more than 3 or 4 Keys at once it makes the boop sound.
Depth386
Not true, cheap PS/2 keyboards had the same limitation. It’s not specific to PS/2 or USB, it’s the circuitry within the keyboard itself.
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Most people here probably don’t know what PS/2 is
Lol I have a PS2 keyboard but not a port 💀
I miss the old ps/2 socket. Something about rhe design was just timeless
I have to plug in my old keyboard to access my bios for some reason. Thank you old friend. I knew throwing you away was never an option.
I didn’t know that about PS/2, I’m very surprised. for fighting games that’s huge
Is it true?
If you saw this on your motherboard IO and never knew what it was, now you know
https://preview.redd.it/0idgpd514n9c1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00263110fb385dd953c161e34cc0905dc561fd55
My EVGA dark board has a PS/2 port. According to EVGA it keeps working in cases where digital inputs could fail during overclocking. No clue if that’s true
Try switch PS2 keyboards without restarting the computer
Why can’t I press all the keys? Also how is six enough when I’ve got ten fingers
Why did we even get rid of them?
Jokes on you! I can only press one key at a time… Once I find it
being PS/2 doesn’t give you NKRO and USB keyboards can have NKRO
​
(yes I’m a keyboard nerd)
don’t forget PS/2 dosen’t have latency unlike on USB because works directly (interrupts) into CPU than via USB controller host, so that’s means if CPU is overloaded, you mouse cursor for example won’t be laggy on PS/2 port than would do via USB, and fast moving USB mouse can generate more CPU usage unlike on PS/2 counterpart
that’s why overclockers even on modern hardware use mouse/keyboard on PS/2 port because works directly into CPU while USB controller host would fail in these case
Using an IBM Model M and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else. Kinda miss having a Windows key for shortcuts but it’s a price i’m willing to pay
But can you plug PS/2 keyboard when computer is on and use it without restarting the pc?
XOC-ers love everything Plug-and-Play
Even professional players play with wireless mouse. Nobody cares anymore lol
Mechanical keyboards 😎
I have a PS2 keyboard and still use it on my old PC
OK I do genuinely remember this.
This has nothing to do with PS/2 vs USB. In a matrix layout of the keys, you can’t press all combinations.
ps2 locked up at 3 simultaneous key presses.
ps/2 users when they find out what ‘plug and play’ is
Why would I want to press more than 6 keys at once?
DIN anyone?
Huh how, i have ps/2 keyboard and whenever i Press more than 3 or 4 Keys at once it makes the boop sound.
Not true, cheap PS/2 keyboards had the same limitation. It’s not specific to PS/2 or USB, it’s the circuitry within the keyboard itself.